Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #21233
From: <sqpilot@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Ed's new rotor housings
Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 14:00:33 -0500
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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Hi, Rusty....unfortunately I didn't get quite high enough on downwind to see across the bay.  Yep....I also have two fuel pumps, individually fused. I checked them individually prior to takeoff, then took off with both of them on. Once established downwind, I turned off one of them. I like to use the left pump on odd days and the right pump on even days, just so they both get similar useage.  Unfortunately, somewhere between takeoff and downwind, one fuse blew. In the future, I think I will shut off one pump after reaching cruising altitude or 3000 feet minimum.  Oh well, lesson learned. Fortunately, I am capable of learning something from my mistakes. (Obviously in my life I have learned a LOT, due to the high number of mistakes I have made). Sooner or later, I think I will have made all the mistakes possible, and will have nothing further to learn....but by then I'll probably be too old to fly. Take care.  Deadstick Conner
 
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 8:21 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Ed's new rotor housings

 Climbed like a rocketship and temps never went above 165 until the engine quit.   
 
So I'm guessing you didn't have time to look for me across the bay :-)  
 
Glad to hear you made a safe landing.  I'll personally have two EFI pumps, and keep them both running all the time.  They're fused separately, and checked during run-up.  That's where I want to find any problem there might be.    
 
Now knock off that dead stick crap :-)
 
Rusty
 
 
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